As fans of jazzy hitmaker Chrisette Michele count down the days to the debut of ‘Audrey Hepburn: An Audiovisual Presentation’ (December 8th) – her forthcoming mixtape, the past days saw the unveiling of a visual to accompany its first official single ‘Charades’ (ft. 2 Chainz).

Seeing famed photographer Derek Blanks occupy the director’s seat, the black and white visual does not see 2 Chainz afront the lens, but that doesn’t stop Michele from delivering like only she can.

As reported here, ‘Be Ok’ beauty Chrisette Michele has been making moves on the musical front – readying her highly anticipated ‘Audrey Hepburn: The Mixtape’.

Due December 8th, its lead single ‘Charades’ features the rap stylings of 2 Chainz as co-star. And, now with famed photographer Derek Blanks listed as the video’s director, its safe to say Michele may be onto a winning combination!

Before the video, due in the coming days, makes it full unveiling, get your behind the scenes look below:

The 2011 Soul Train Awards was certainly one of the year’s most electrifying events on the industry calender, with show-stopping performances from Lloyd, Tamar Braxton, Marsha Ambrosius, and Mindless Behavior, to name a few.

While R&B bad boy Chris Brown led the pack with a whopping 5 nominations (and Beyonce trailing with 4), find out who picked up an award or two below…

Fantasia hit the stage at the 27th Annual National Association Of Black Owned Broadcasters Communication Awards Dinner last evening. The barefooted singer was accompanied by Chrisette Michele at the event which was held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC.